Coverage of social issues related to muslims in Kannada and Urdu Newspaper: A study

Traditionally, the media have been most involved in the presentation of religion through journalism. The mass media era began with the development of a mass press, and in addition to the development of new audiences and new economies, it also developed new content. The media is a significant social agent with the potential to influence community perceptions. Currently, Islam is one of the most prominent issues in the Media. The study proposes to know the coverage of social issues related to Muslims and compare the scope of the social problems associated with Muslims in Kannada and Urdu newspapers. The present study employs a quantitative content analysis method to study the coverage of social issues related to Muslims in Kannada and Urdu dailies. Four daily newspapers were selected for this study based on simple random sampling. The newspaper includes two Kannada dailies, i.e., Prajavani and Vijaya Karnataka; two Urdu dailies Salar and Sahara, were selected for the study. It is found from the study that compares to other social issues of Muslims Issues receives a lot of attention from the chosen mainstream newspapers.